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Robert D. Kaplan

Autor/a de Balkan Ghosts: A Journey Through History

42+ obres 8,703 Membres 185 Ressenyes 24 preferits

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Journalist Robert D. Kaplan is a contributing editor The Atlantic Monthly. He has traveled extensively, and his journeys through Yugoslavia and America have produced, respectively, Balkan Ghosts (which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize) and An Empire Wilderness. Kapan is also the author of mostra'n més Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power (Random House, 2010) and The Revenge of Geography (Random House, 2012) Kaplan has lectured at the FBI, the National Security Agency, the Pentagon's Joint Staff, major universities, the CIA, and business forums. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Obres de Robert D. Kaplan

Travelers' Tales GREECE : True Stories (2000) — Col·laborador — 31 exemplars
The glory of the Holy Land (1980) 3 exemplars
De Adriatische Zee 3 exemplars
Foreign Affairs 1 exemplars

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Lord Jim / Nostromo (1953) — Introducció, algunes edicions67 exemplars
The Best Spiritual Writing 2011 (2010) — Col·laborador — 37 exemplars

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A little hard to get into if, like me, you didn't already have the vocabulary. But once you get up to speed, it's an excellent discussion of how geography shapes geopolitics. Recommend you read it with a good atlas, you'll never see the maps the same way again.
 
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rscottm182gmailcom | Hi ha 14 ressenyes més | Mar 12, 2024 |
I begin with Robert D Kaplan’s personal recall of visiting x and y country.
 
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BJMacauley | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Feb 28, 2024 |
Good but not as good as Imperial Grunts. If you're in a hurry, read the last chapter - "The Morbid Tyranny Out of Antiquity" and the Afterword - "The Non Warrior Democracy."

The last chapter is all about North Korea. Good summary of the history and sobering look at what might be the future sooner than later.

The afterword is a good look at our nation, patriotism, faith, universal values, Rumsfeld, Powell, status quo, and the age in which we live.
 
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dlinnen | Hi ha 7 ressenyes més | Feb 3, 2024 |
An outstanding book! Very easy read with some real life, down to earth characters.

VERY interesting insight into some forgotten (by me) areas of the world (Yemen, Columbia, Mongolia...), what has happened there in the past, and what's going on around the world today.

Changed my mind about the U.S. as an imperialist nation and what that means.

Surprisingly the author keeps making some major grammatical errors (he's not trying to be Elmore Leonard) and for a geography geek has made one glaring error in locations.… (més)
 
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dlinnen | Hi ha 12 ressenyes més | Feb 3, 2024 |

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Obres
42
També de
6
Membres
8,703
Popularitat
#2,755
Valoració
3.8
Ressenyes
185
ISBN
209
Llengües
17
Preferit
24

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